Russia: Adopted Roskomnadzor order including Wikimedia Foundation to the list of foreign hosting providers subject to local operation requirement under Federal Law No. 236-FZ
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Adopted Roskomnadzor order including Wikimedia Foundation to the list of foreign hosting providers subject to local operation requirement under Federal Law No. 236-FZ
On 18 May 2022, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) added Wikimedia Foundation to the list of companies required to comply with the local operation requirement outlined in the Federal Law No. 236-FZ on the Activities of Foreign Persons on the Internet in the territory of the Russian Federation.
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Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
Local operations requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
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2021-11-22
in force
2022-05-18
in force
2022-08-01
in force
2023-06-22
in force